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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Meldzeres dobumakmens Alternative Name: Hollow Stone of MeldzeresCountry: Latvia
NOTE: This site is 52.594 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Holed Stone
Nearest Town: Saldus Nearest Village: Priekule
Latitude: 56.498200N Longitude: 21.958100E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
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Cup stones are not rare on the Eastern shores of the Baltic Sea. They all have approximately the same dimensions. They are considered precious enough testimonies of the past for some of them to be now preserved in museums. That said, I could only list a dozen of them.
This particular stone lies at the bottom of a ravine, inside a wood in a thinly populated area. Once you have found the ravine, you'll find the stone, about 15 m from the edge of the wood – beware : slippery path when wet.
Overall diameter : 1,30 m ; the height is difficult to assess, as the stone is dug in the ground.
Hole diameter 55 cm ; the depth is 10 cm on average. Note the elaborate bottom of the hole. While there, consider visiting two major WWII cemeteries : a Russian cemetery in Priekule (56.4317, 21.5957), a German cemetery in Saldus (56.6127, 22.4596).
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